Boundary Waters — July 2024

July 24, 2024 · Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, MN

Day 1 · July 24

Snapping turtle underwater.
Snapping turtle underwater.
Trumpeter swan.
Trumpeter swan.
Yellow pond-lily.
Yellow pond-lily.
Milky Way over the trees.
Milky Way over the trees.

Approx. distance: about 8.5 miles.

Observed: haircap mosses, rock harlequin, Watershield, Rose Pogonia, purple pitcher plant, Variegated Yellow Pond-Lily, North American Green Frog, American Toad, Floater Mussels, flat-topped goldenrod, rough cinquefoil, Stratiomys badia, Calico Pennant, North American Medicinal Leech, Haemopidae.

Day 2 · July 25

Bald eagle.
Bald eagle.

Approx. distance: about 7 miles.

Observed: side-flowering skullcap, swamp candles, Even-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans, Stratiomys badia, Painted Turtle.

Day 3 · July 26

Merlin.
Merlin.
Juvenile eagle on boulder.
Juvenile eagle on boulder.
Eagle in flight.
Eagle in flight.
Common loon.
Common loon.

Approx. distance: about 13 miles.

Observed: Merlin, Furrow Spiders, Phaeolus, balsam fir, Dragonhunter, Nymphalis l-album j-album, crown-tipped coral fungus, Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies, dead man's fingers, lady ferns, wood horsetail, Common Loon, Tabanus marginalis, Common Raven.

Day 4 · July 27

Ring-necked duck.
Ring-necked duck.
River and rocks.
River and rocks.

Approx. distance: about 14 miles.

Observed: Cenopis, American Beaver, Bald Eagle, Ring-necked Duck.